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USTelecom said in an ex parte notice posted in docket 10-90 on Friday. “Phantom Traffic, Traffic Pumping and compensation for IP-based traffic have been thoroughly addressed in these proceedings over the past several years,” the association said. But if the commission “chooses to issue further notices on these issues,” it should “consider final rules ahead of its completion of more comprehensive reform as action on them is urgent and overdue as acknowledged in the National Broadband Plan.” Windstream separately “warned” the agency against “a significant reduction in intercarrier compensation payments.” A filing by the company urged the commission to “act now to confirm that VoIP traffic terminating to the PSTN is subject to the same intercarrier compensation rules as other voice providers with whom they compete.” That’s in line with a letter Jan. 18 from the CEOs of CenturyLink, Qwest, Frontier, and Windstream to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski.